come on in

Come On In
7-1-17

Lydia, seller of purple constrains us
To come on in
Tonight I snooze and I win
Making gain in soothsaying forbidden
By the Holy Ghost to preach in Asia
Offering the sacrifice of righteousness
And consider my meditations
Then into Thessalonica
What must I do to be saved
So I still inquire
As if I've never tasted the heavenly gift
For doors opened and bands loosed
Going home to draw the black curtain
In Arthurian tales we make it work
For those with eyes that cannot see
Naked and hungry....





Feet Fast In Stocks
7-1-17

Wholly given to idolatry
Waiting is the hardest part of life
With time on my hands
The poet and scholar understands reasoning
With them out of Scripture
Tell me again, Amen
According to another new pen
O, you sons of men
How long will you turn my glory into shame
Soon time to face the real musick
Making feet fast in stocks and for a season
Going out without socks
At Athens wholly given to idolatry
And I have my artists at Mars' Hill
May we do His will
Men at Athens, superstitious....






Setter Forth
7-1-17

Show me the place
Where we can roll away the stone
Seeming to be a setter forth of strange gods
As the hasten in my bird's eye
Give ear to my words
And O, show up soon
As to be joyful in you
But for a particle abhorring the bloodthirsty
As to rejoice with trembling
He dwells not in temples made by hands
Ah, model from the meat
As one to represent many
We know this new doctrine
Show up soon
So I can go on with it
For the open tomb
Our yawning gulf
It's time to do something....




Areopagite
7-2-17

You have put gladness in my heart
Pronounce them innocent here and now is where I belong
God give me the ingenuity to write this song
All for our Areopagite
Crispus believes
Greeting the tentmakers
Many Corinthians are baptized under lemon tree shies
Greet Aquila and wonder
Some let life happen to them
Where is the weeping north
For when things go south
Wading through dreams up to my waist
Soon to make haste
Come greet Bamaris
Picture all you can imagine
Of out Proselytes....